We had decided to have our first destination in Busan in our Korea Trip. From internet, we knew that Busan has lot of beautiful beaches, beside that I only knew that Busan is Hoya's hometown lol. We flew from Jakarta, had transit in Malaysia, and arrived in Busan International Airport.
Overall, it was quite fun, and I found that Busan has really beautiful scenery, and nice people. While I was there, some ahjumma tried to talk with me, even though they can not speak English, and all I can say is annyeonghaseyo, ige eolmaeyo or kamsahamnida. Fortunately, my sister can speak Korean language, so she often talk with them.
I have planned to visit several destination, eventually not all the plan worked out. We changed the plan due to the situations. Yet we felt happy, because travelling is not about how many places you visited, but about the journey.
I make a summary about the journey, places, fees, and everything that I can explain.
1. Jagalchi Fish market
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| Situation at Jagalchi Fish Market |
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| We enjoyed the food! With owner of the shop |
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The food we order include octopus, fish soup, raw fish (sashimi) and all of these in big portion. Free water and rice I guess, so whenever you need to add rice you can ask "bap juseyo" or water "mul juseyo" and she/he will gladly give additional rice or water. In addition, we can buy snacks and foods for gift.
2. Beaches in Busan:
Haeundae Beach
Haeundae is a famous beach in Busan, and on the side of the beach is full of coffee shop. No cost needed to enter the beach, unlike in my country. Hauendae Beach and Gwangali beach sides are road and shops, so everyone can enter it. There are movie named Haeundae, that took place in this beach and adopted its name.
For more info you can visit: http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/SI/SI_EN_3_1_1_1.jsp?cid=264155
Gwangali Beach
We visited Gwangali Beach at night. There was a beautiful bridge, and at night it was bright with lot of lamp (?) We took a rest in Cafe Pasucci, sipping a cup of coffee while enjoying the scenery.
For more info, you can visit http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/SI/SI_EN_3_1_1_1.jsp?cid=264250
3. Gamcheon Culture Village
One word to describe Gamcheon Culture Village: awesome! Beautiful village it is, with colorful house. It is must visit destination in Busan. Somehow Running Man had filmed one of their episode there, so it became quite famous. Actually, I want to make a different post about Gamcheon Culture Village, because it is really impressed me, how government plan the village physically. Later, maybe. Overall, Gamcheon Culture Village is very beautiful with decorations all over the street. We took a walk, and we found cute shops. It is actually citizen's house that transformed into shop. We bought Waffel, Ice Cream from those shops. And what we love the most is we can take photo nicely in every corner of the village. No fees for entering Gamcheon Culture village.
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| signage in Gamcheon Culture Village |
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| we inside of ice cream shop |
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| view from the top |











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I am working at Korea Tourism Organization. I hope you enjoyed your selves in Busan.